Who is your favourite blogger to follow?
That’s a good question. I follow a few bloggers, but there isn’t one who clearly stands above all the others. Maybe that is because I don’t really follow bloggers. I follow voices.
The voices I am drawn to are honest, reflective, humane, and not trying too hard. They are usually practical. They show character. They bring an interesting perspective without needing to make everything sound dramatic or profound. A favourite blogger, for me, is less about topic or reputation and more about tone.
Lately, I have appreciated Nathan Mitchell’s blog, Lead Empowered. He writes about leadership, communication, self-awareness, and the important balance between high support and high challenge. I find him honest, practical, and people-centred. As I face leadership challenges in my own context, I often find his reflections helpful https://leadempowered.com/
I have also appreciated Ron Rolheiser’s blog, In Exile. I came across him a couple of months ago when he was a guest on Kate Bowler’s podcast. He writes about complex theological and spiritual themes such as suffering, mysticism, the Beatitudes, and the dark night, but he does so in language that is clear, pastoral, and grounded in ordinary life https://ronrolheiser.com/en/
I often write in The Afterword as a way of reflecting on something that has impacted me. One of Rolheiser’s blogs prompted these lines:
We are born
with divine fires inside us:
the blaze of being alive,
the ache for beauty,
the longing to create
That is the kind of writing I value. It does not simply give me information. It gives me something to sit with.
The Afterword 
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